You can stop receiving messages and calls from certain contacts by blocking them.
Block a contact
- Press Options > Settings > Account > Privacy > Blocked > Add new...
- Search for or select the contact you want to block.
- Press BLOCK.
Here are a couple of alternative options for blocking a contact:
- Select the chat with the contact in your chats list, then press Options > View contact > Block > Block.
- Open a chat with the contact, then press Options > View contact > Block > Block.
Block an unknown phone number
To block an unknown phone number, you have a couple options:
- Select the chat with the unknown phone number in your chats list, then press Options > View contact > Block > Block.
- Open the chat with the unknown phone number, then press Options > View contact > Block > Block.
Note:
- Message and calls sent from a blocked contact won't show up on your phone and will never be delivered to you.
- Your last seen, online, and any changes made to your profile photo will no longer be visible to contacts you've blocked.
- Blocking a contact won't remove them from your contacts list, nor will it remove you from the list on the contact's phone. To delete a contact, you must delete the contact from your phone's address book.
- If you're concerned whether a blocked contact will know you're blocking them, please read this article.
Unblock a contact
- Press Options > Settings > Account > Privacy > Blocked.
- Select the contact you want to unblock.
- Press UNBLOCK.
Here are a couple of alternative options for unblocking a contact:
- Select the chat with the contact in your chats list, then press Options > View contact > Unblock.
- Open a chat with the contact, then press Options > View contact > Unblock.
Note:
- If you unblock a contact, you won't receive any messages or calls the contact sent you during the time they were blocked.
- If you unblock a contact or phone number that wasn't previously saved in your phone’s address book, you won't be able to restore that contact or phone number to your phone.